Climate averages 1991–2020
Borås weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Borås: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gothenburg (58 km away). In August its highs average 20.0°C, about as warm as Borås, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Borås ranks joint 18th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 20th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 20.0°C; Borås is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 mm to 83 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Borås climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 70 | 12.1 | 7.37 h |
| February | 1.5°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 56 | 10.5 | 9.49 h |
| March | 4.8°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 50 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 53 | 10.1 | 14.314 h |
| May | 15.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 71 | 12.5 | 16.617 h |
| June | 18.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 99 | 13.8 | 18.018 h |
| July | 20.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 94 | 13.5 | 17.417 h |
| August, selected | 19.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 106 | 15.0 | 15.315 h |
| September | 15.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 83 | 12.6 | 12.913 h |
| October | 9.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 81 | 13.3 | 10.410 h |
| November | 5.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 63 | 11.8 | 8.08 h |
| December | 1.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 75 | 12.7 | 6.77 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Gothenburg in AugustSweden · 58 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Jönköping in AugustSweden · 72 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Halmstad in AugustSweden · 116 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Växjö in AugustSweden · 146 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Linköping in AugustSweden · 175 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Helsingborg in AugustSweden · 187 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Aalborg in AugustDenmark · 196 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in AugustNorway · 203 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 14.1°C · 86 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Borås) is explained once on the Borås year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.